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Salivary acetaldehyde concentration according to alcoholic beverage consumed and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Sept 2008
Yokoyama Akira, Tsutsumi Eri, Imazeki Hiromi, Suwa Yoshihide, Nakamura Chizu, Mizukami Takeshi, Yokoyama Tetsuji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acetaldehyde is suspected of playing a critical role in cancer development in the upper aerodigestive tract (UADT). The high salivary acetaldehyde levels after alcohol drinking are partly due to acetaldehyde production by oral bacteria. Some alcoholic beverages, especially Calvados an...
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